The Best Outdoor Patio Furniture Brands

Patio Sets, Chairs, Dining Sets and More

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How do you distinguish one brand of outdoor patio furniture from another? Years in production? Materials? Popularity? Price? We've compiled a handy guide to the top brands, companies and manufacturers in outdoor furniture. This allows you to explore each company's website to learn more about the latest collections, other products, and where you can buy them. Most of the sites include information on registration, returns, warranties, care, and maintenance.

Casual Furniture

The brands featured can usually be found at patio and garden retailers or online and are more of the high-end products that are built to last, provided you follow instructions for care and storage off season. In the industry, products are known as casual furniture and can be used for both indoors and outdoors. Some consumers like to use outdoor furniture inside because it's made with materials that are sturdy and built to last, including stain-resistant fabrics. Something to consider if you have children at home who are as neat and tidy as most normal kids.

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Agio

About: The company makes outdoor furniture and dining sets, along with fire pits and tables.

Pictured: The Capri deep seating collection includes a loveseat, two matching accent chairs and coffee table, made with a hand-woven, distressed wicker on rust-free aluminum frames. Neutral-colored cushions are made of Sunbrella weather-resistant fabric.

Brown Jordan

About: Pasadena, California, seems to be where at least a few of the big names in outdoor patio furniture got their start. Think about it: the sunny climate, home of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl, it was a winter destination for wealthy easterners in the early 1900s. Brown Jordan began in 1945 by Robert Brown and Hubert Jordan in Pasadena. The first pieces were made of tubular aluminum and vinyl lace and referred to as "leisure" furniture. Today, the company has features dozens of collections in a range of design styles and material for residential and contract environments.

Pictured: The company joined forces with designer Michael Berman to create an elegant metal dining and lounge collection reminiscent of the Hollywood Regency style.

Headquarters: St. Augustine, Florida

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Cast Classics

About: Started by a father and his sons in Southern California in the early 1990s, Cast Classics makes cast-aluminum and wicker-finish outdoor furniture. In addition to patio furniture, the company makes umbrella bases, carts, and bars.

Pictured: The Sutton set was Inspired by Mid-century modern designs. It combines hand-forged aluminum frames with hand-woven synthetic wicker. Supports are curved at the lower back to create a seat that almost feels like sitting in a racecar. Deep seating pieces are generously proportioned, yet a bit lower to the ground, respecting the Midcentury sensibility of the collection.

Headquarters: Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Castelle

About: For more than 40 years, Castelle has been making high-quality outdoor furnishings from intricate aluminum castings or extrusions and artisan-applied antiquing to all-weather pillows and cushions.

Pictured: Castelle's Ventura collection features a crossed-line design used in the leg and back details for a modern look. Lounge and dining pieces feature multi-stage powder-coat finishing and option artisan-applied antiquing.

Headquarters: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Ebel

About: Founded in 1988, Ebel Inc. produces aluminum and all-weather wicker that is 100 percent recyclable. In 2008, Ebel partnered with Trees for the Future and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Pictured: Pieces from the Calais collection, which offers clean, modern lines and a tight weave. Numerous pieces include a wingback chair, fire tables, ottomon, swivel chair, sofa, and club chairs.

Lloyd Flanders

About: The company got its start in 1906 when Marshall B. Lloyd opened the Lloyd Manufacturing Company in Menominee, Michigan. There, Lloyd invented a unique process for making fine woven furniture, which became Lloyd Loom. In 1982, Don and Dudley Flanders bought Lloyd Manufacturing from Heywood-Wakefield to form Lloyd Flanders and started making contemporary loom furniture durable for outdoor use.

Pictured: The Macknac collection features an open weave design made of premium Polyethylene woven materials and deep-seated comfort. Its nautical-style teak table tops were sustainably harvested from Brazilian teak trees and "antiqued" for a gray finish, which lasts longer than the dark brown teak color. Pieces in the collection include cocktail tables, umbrella tables, swivel chairs, stools, dining sets and sofas.

Headquarters: Menominee, Michigan

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Mallin

About: For more than 50 years, Mallin has produced outdoor furniture constructed of heavy-gauge tubular, extruded or solid aluminum frames and polyester powder-coated finishes. Furniture includes club chairs, chaises, dining sets, sofas, fire pits and bar carts.

Meadowcraft

About: The company began in the early 20th century when B.M. Meadow founded the Birmingham Ornamental Iron Co. in Birmingham, Alabama. During World War II, the company starting producing a line of metal furniture. By the 1950s, the company was the third-ranked wrought iron furniture company in the United States. The company continues to grow, and in the outdoor market offers dining groups composed of action chairs, stack chairs, dining tables, bistro groups, and accent tables, chaises, gliders, bakers' racks, and tea carts, cushions and umbrellas; and garden products.

O.W. Lee

About: In 1947, Oddist W. Lee established a company in Pasadena, California, starting out as a wrought-iron gate company for luxury homes in the area. Local patio furniture dealers requested that Lee make high-end outdoor furniture. In 1954, the OW Lee Companywas incorporated. Still family owned and operated, OW Lee makes its outdoor patio furniture from carbon and galvanized steel and alloy aluminum. Each furniture piece receives a hand-applied zinc-rich epoxy primer and a top coating of durable polyurethane powder.

Pictured: The Hyde Park collection is a modern take on Victorian garden furniture, designed to look good, be completely modular and comfortable. Made of wrought aluminum

Tommy Bahama

About: To clear things up, if you ever meet a suave, debonair guy at a tiki bar named Tommy Bahama and he tells you he owns the lifestyle brand of clothing, furniture and restaurants, be wary. There is no actual guy named Tommy Bahama. Or, if there is, he doesn't own this company. Tommyiestyle brand. The name 175 all-weather performance fabrics with the same soft hand, rich colors and vibrant patterns as our indoor upholstery, complete with trims, fringes and designer options. Every item is handcrafted, featuring artisan finishes that will dare you to distinguish outdoor designs from fine indoor furniture.

Pictured: The Misty Garden collection features an ivory finish and French botanical styling. Pieces​ are created in cast aluminum and feature a classic quatrefoil pattern with custom porcelain tops. Among pieces in the collection are dining, deep seating and a variety of tables.

Headquarters: High Point, North Carolina

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Tropitone

About: In 1954, retired engineer M. Baker moved to Sarasota, Florida, where he bought a small, local company - the Sarasota Redwood Furniture Company. Experienced with aluminum from working in the aircraft industry, Baker switched from redwood to welded aluminum for his outdoor furniture construction. He renamed the company Tropitone. Now located in Florida and California, Tropitone collaborates with fabric designers to select continuously-updated line of more than 200 outdoor fabrics. All fabrics have been rigorously tested for durability and weather resistance.

Pictured: Inspired by exotic resorts, the Cabana Club Modular collection features aluminum framing and durable fabrics in a variety of finishes and styles.

Headquarters: Irvine, California

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Winston

About: Since 1975, the company has specialized in quick-ship special orders. Each year, Winston offers approximately 30 collections in a dozen finishes and more than 500 fabrics. Products include outdoor deep seating and dining sets, chaise lounges, fire pits, umbrellas, throw pillows, and balcony chairs.

Pictured: The Sloane Square Cushion deep seating set features an extruded aluminum frame with cast aluminum details. Cushions feature pillow backs and lumbar support. Welting fabric (piping along edge of cushion) can be ordered in a coordinating or contrasting fabric.

Headquarters: Haleyville, Alabama

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Woodard

About: In 1866, Lyman Woodard founded his namesake furniture company. In the 1930s, the Woodard family developed the first collection of hand-crafted wrought iron furniture. This led to outdoor furniture made from other materials, like cast and tubular aluminum. Today, Woodard offers a variety of products made from wrought iron, aluminum and all-season wicker.

Pictured: Imprint is a collection that includes a loveseat, ottoman, lounge chair, and tables with glass tops.